UK will be reliant on immigration for nearly 80 years due to falling birth rates
Falling birth rates in the UK will leave the country reliant on immigration for the next 80 years, new research has suggested.
By 2100, Britain along with 198 countries will have fertility rates below what is necessary to sustain population size over time, according to a study published in The Lancet.
The analysis in the Global Burden of Disease, Injuries, and Risk Factors study predicts that
